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Procedure price report · Respiratory intubation and mechanical ventilation

Ventilator management in the hospital, each later day

CPT 94003the billing code this page is about

Covers the doctor's management of a breathing machine for a hospital inpatient on a day after the first; billed once per day.

Hospitals typically charge $947 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,986 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,010. Most fall between $461 and $1,895 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,986
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,986 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$320$552$947$1,619$2,820

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($320 vs $2,820).

How the prices are spread

$215 – $291: 111 hospitals$215$291 – $392: 180 hospitals$392 – $530: 281 hospitals$392$530 – $716: 349 hospitals$716 – $967: 484 hospitals$716$967 – $1,306: 423 hospitals$1,306 – $1,764: 364 hospitals$1,306$1,764 – $2,383: 258 hospitals$2,383 – $3,219: 140 hospitals$2,383$3,219 – $4,348: 100 hospitals$3,219median $947price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,690 of 2,986 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$215$291111
$291$392180
$392$530281
$530$716349
$716$967484
$967$1,306423
$1,306$1,764364
$1,764$2,383258
$2,383$3,219140
$3,219$4,348100

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$631
Median cash price$947
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.50×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $947.

Alaska: median $2,480 across 13 hospitalsAK$2,480Maine: median $659 across 24 hospitalsME$659Vermont: median $729 across 13 hospitalsVT$729New Hampshire: median $610 across 19 hospitalsNH$610Washington: median $1,230 across 55 hospitalsWA$1,230Idaho: median $1,473 across 18 hospitalsID$1,473Montana: median $822 across 17 hospitalsMT$822North Dakota: median $659 across 10 hospitalsND$659Minnesota: median $748 across 76 hospitalsMN$748Illinois: median $819 across 112 hospitalsIL$819Wisconsin: median $748 across 96 hospitalsWI$748Michigan: median $965 across 92 hospitalsMI$965New York: median $771 across 94 hospitalsNY$771Massachusetts: median $1,130 across 43 hospitalsMA$1,130Oregon: median $1,224 across 49 hospitalsOR$1,224Nevada: median $1,079 across 20 hospitalsNV$1,079Wyoming: median $890 across 14 hospitalsWY$890South Dakota: median $1,414 across 20 hospitalsSD$1,414Iowa: median $926 across 66 hospitalsIA$926Indiana: median $631 across 85 hospitalsIN$631Ohio: median $817 across 138 hospitalsOH$817Pennsylvania: median $954 across 117 hospitalsPA$954New Jersey: median $732 across 55 hospitalsNJ$732Connecticut: median $715 across 23 hospitalsCT$715Rhode Island: median $466 across 10 hospitalsRI$466California: median $2,369 across 210 hospitalsCA$2,369Utah: median $1,656 across 35 hospitalsUT$1,656Colorado: median $1,260 across 61 hospitalsCO$1,260Nebraska: median $832 across 54 hospitalsNE$832Missouri: median $824 across 68 hospitalsMO$824Kentucky: median $687 across 65 hospitalsKY$687West Virginia: median $691 across 21 hospitalsWV$691Virginia: median $885 across 70 hospitalsVA$885Maryland: median $858 across 40 hospitalsMD$858Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $811 across 52 hospitalsAZ$811New Mexico: median $1,310 across 25 hospitalsNM$1,310Kansas: median $701 across 55 hospitalsKS$701Arkansas: median $486 across 30 hospitalsAR$486Tennessee: median $446 across 80 hospitalsTN$446North Carolina: median $518 across 73 hospitalsNC$518South Carolina: median $1,037 across 49 hospitalsSC$1,037Oklahoma: median $836 across 65 hospitalsOK$836Louisiana: median $545 across 53 hospitalsLA$545Mississippi: median $553 across 52 hospitalsMS$553Alabama: median $515 across 38 hospitalsAL$515Georgia: median $870 across 99 hospitalsGA$870Hawaii: median $1,211 across 16 hospitalsHI$1,211Texas: median $1,572 across 222 hospitalsTX$1,572Florida: median $1,871 across 168 hospitalsFL$1,871
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $947. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Alaska AK13$2,480+162%$511 – $4,885
California CA210$2,369+150%$1,093 – $4,047
Florida FL168$1,871+98%$644 – $3,992
Utah UT35$1,656+75%$1,394 – $2,035
Texas TX222$1,572+66%$777 – $2,959
Idaho ID18$1,473+56%$742 – $1,559
South Dakota SD20$1,414+49%$772 – $1,676
New Mexico NM25$1,310+38%$857 – $1,964
Colorado CO61$1,260+33%$708 – $2,027
Washington WA55$1,230+30%$894 – $1,862
Oregon OR49$1,224+29%$860 – $1,818
Hawaii HI16$1,211+28%$982 – $1,979
Massachusetts MA43$1,130+19%$591 – $1,553
Nevada NV20$1,079+14%$430 – $1,904
South Carolina SC49$1,037+10%$912 – $1,500
Michigan MI92$965+2%$460 – $1,292
Pennsylvania PA117$954+1%$541 – $1,718
Iowa IA66$926−2%$353 – $1,493
Wyoming WY14$890−6%$319 – $1,608
Virginia VA70$885−7%$532 – $1,420
Georgia GA99$870−8%$499 – $1,516
Maryland MD40$858−9%$666 – $1,113
Oklahoma OK65$836−12%$373 – $1,247
Nebraska NE54$832−12%$331 – $1,350
Missouri MO68$824−13%$515 – $1,456
Montana MT17$822−13%$301 – $1,310
Illinois IL112$819−13%$382 – $1,658
Ohio OH138$817−14%$450 – $1,215
Arizona AZ52$811−14%$588 – $3,193
New York NY94$771−19%$359 – $1,364
Minnesota MN76$748−21%$574 – $1,310
Wisconsin WI96$748−21%$458 – $999
New Jersey NJ55$732−23%$369 – $882
Vermont VT13$729−23%$425 – $1,700
Connecticut CT23$715−24%$592 – $1,851
Kansas KS55$701−26%$346 – $1,325
West Virginia WV21$691−27%$379 – $1,726
Kentucky KY65$687−27%$359 – $1,369
Maine ME24$659−30%$447 – $1,582
North Dakota ND10$659−30%$195 – $1,164
Indiana IN85$631−33%$135 – $1,044
New Hampshire NH19$610−36%$244 – $2,093
Mississippi MS52$553−42%$335 – $998
Louisiana LA53$545−42%$283 – $1,034
North Carolina NC73$518−45%$396 – $876
Alabama AL38$515−46%$312 – $1,164
Arkansas AR30$486−49%$248 – $833
Rhode Island RI10$466−51%$355 – $1,750
Tennessee TN80$446−53%$343 – $938
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $947.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,251$977$486 – $2,027
Children’s53$1,620$746 – $3,020
Critical access672$784$369 – $1,363
Ownership
For-profit449$1,428$554 – $3,992
Government492$767$371 – $1,374
Non-profit2,035$924$464 – $1,745
System affiliation
Part of a system2,479$965$486 – $1,961
Independent507$788$367 – $1,504

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,638
Median cash price$947
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

2,248 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $965 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,026; most fall between $471 and $1,851.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,248 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$332$565$965$1,614$2,619

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($332 vs $2,619).

Of the 2,379 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,248 gave a usable cash price; 34 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 97 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,986 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (75%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,159 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,986
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here62
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded110
Hospitals that filed this code3,159

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between July 20, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Respiratory intubation and mechanical ventilation family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Ventilation Assist & Mgmt Inpatient Ea Sbsq Da.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Ventilator management in the hospital, each later day (CPT 94003) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-94003-ventilator-management-in-the-hospital-each-later-day